Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan

The Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan (DRFLA) was an Iranian Arab militant group founded in 1979. The organization was led by Oan Ali Mohammed, and it took part in the Iranian Revolution. After an insurgency broke out in Khuzestan that same year, the DRFLA began a large-scale insurgency, which later spilled overseas. In 1980, the DRFLA took 26 hostages at the Iranian embassy in London, hoping to force the Western governments to negotiate the independence of Khuzestan from Iran. After negotiations, the SAS stormed the embassy, killing Mohammed and all but one of the hostage-takers. Afterwards, the group unleashed no more major attacks.